It’s being reported this morning that President Trump is now appealing the judicial order which halted the construction of the White House ballroom, and the appeal is on the grounds of national security.
Here’s more from Reuters:
A judge’s order to stop construction work on a White House ballroom poses security risks, the Trump administration argued in an emergency motion that seeks to set aside the ruling.
The emergency motion filed on Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia argues that U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s decision has left the executive mansion “open and exposed” and is “threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President’s staff.”
I hope they get this appeal and can resume construction soon, because it’s absurd that Leon halted this construction in the first place. Trump has the authority to do this.